Wednesday, 2 September 2015

Hello Sweetie! The Doctor and River Song Reunite For A Spectacular Christmas

Alex Kingston returns to Cardiff
to reclaim her role as Professor River Song for the highly anticipated
2015 Doctor Who Christmas special, part of BBC One’s essential seasonal
viewing.

It’s Christmas Day in the future and the TARDIS is parked on a snowy
village street, covered in icicles, awaiting its next adventure. Time
traveller River Song meets her husband’s new incarnation, in the form of
Peter Capaldi, for the first time this Christmas.

Day one of filming the eleventh Doctor Who Christmas special starts
this week and is written by Lead Writer and Executive Producer, Steven
Moffat, produced by Nikki Wilson and directed by Douglas Mackinnon
(Doctor Who, Sherlock).

River Song made her first Doctor Who appearance in 2008 in ‘Silence
in the Library’ and ‘Forest of the Dead’ and has appeared in 15 episodes
to date.

Award winning Alex Kingston comments on her reappearance, “To be
honest, I did not know whether River would ever return to the show, but
here she is, back with the Doctor for the Christmas special. Steven
Moffat is on glittering form, giving us an episode filled with humour
and surprise guest castings. I met Peter for the first time at Monday’s
read through, we had a laugh, and I am now excited and ready to start
filming with him and the Doctor Who team. Christmas in September? Why
not!”

Steven Moffat, Lead Writer and Executive Producer, adds, “Another
Christmas, another special for Doctor Who - and what could be more
special than the return of Alex Kingston as Professor River Song? The
last time the Doctor saw her she was a ghost. The first time he met her,
she died. So how can he be seeing her again? As ever, with the most
complicated relationship in the universe, it’s a matter of time...”

The witty line-up of guest cast joining Alex for a magical adventure on the TARDIS will be announced over the coming months.

The BBC Cymru Wales produced drama will return to BBC One on
Saturday, 19 September with a 12 episode series, followed by the
Christmas special on Friday 25 December.